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Noun: contemptuousness  kun'tem(p)-choo-us-nus
  1. The manifestation of scorn and contempt
    "every subordinate sensed his contemptuousness and hated him in return"

Type of: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness

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